Posted in Just thinking ... on Jul 16th, 2010
It’s too hot to think, or focus, or concentrate in any way. So I’m pulling books off the shelf almost at random—and just, therefore, re-read Mrs. Miniver.
My teenaged self wrote on the flyleaf, “Ends better than it begins.” I’m not so sure of that, though I kept reading partly because I was thinking surely something […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., God thoughts on Jul 4th, 2010
Stars and stripes on my porch,
pops and booms in the neighborhood,
wild barking from my dog,
trying to scare off the odd movement and scary noises.
But now, I am driving,
4th of July evening,
into a rainstorm.
The cracks and bangs are thunder;
the showy flashes are lightning,
oddly unaccompanied by oohs and ahhs.
East and […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., God thoughts, Travels on Jun 16th, 2010
What would I do if I had an island, an island just for me: a snug little cabin made of logs with room for me and the cat and dog, a fire laid all ready to light for warmth and comfort in the night, shelves […]
Posted in Just thinking ... on May 31st, 2010
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Posted in Just thinking ..., Travels on May 29th, 2010
When I was going to Camp every summer as a child, I always had a couple of comic books in my suitcase, to read on the train. This was a great treat, as I wasn’t usually allowed to read comic books. Of course, the problem with comic books is that there is minimum plot, no […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., writing, Travels on May 1st, 2010
{with apologies to Lerner and Loewe}
Tra la! It’s May! The lovely month of May!
That wond’rous month when everything blooms! Life’s a holiday!
Tra la! It’s here! That new-life time of year,
When eggs are laid, and bunnies are born; green leaves will appear!
It’s May! It’s May! The trees their blooms display!
The writers conference starts in a week! […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., God thoughts on Apr 11th, 2010
I’m as alone, the Psalmist wrote, as a sparrow on the rooftop. And though that sounds lonely indeed, if we’re talking typical sparrows, he wouldn’t stay alone long: either he’d fly off to chatter with his friends, or they’d join him. But a flamingo in a snowbank—now, that’s lonely!
I saw one last night, across from […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., writing on Apr 4th, 2010
Thursday, April 1—no foolin’—I was interviewed on KPOF about the newest Cup of Comfort book: Cup of Comfort Book of Bible Promises. A friend from writing group, Melanie Platt, and I both have stories in it, and had arranged a book signing at Mardel in south Denver. We chatted with Roy and Denise about the […]
Posted in youth group, Just thinking ..., God thoughts on Apr 3rd, 2010
Last Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday, my youth group had a one-day, stay-in-the-church retreat. We started by making team flags: the Hello Kitties, the Biohazard Vikings, the United Cow Pants, and … oh, dear, I forget! [Thank you, Susan: the Super Flamethrowers, of course!]
We made boats and had a contest to see which boat […]
Posted in youth group, Just thinking ... on Feb 16th, 2010
I joined Brownies as young as you could in the ’50s: 2nd grade, 1954. We sold Girl Scout cookies door-to-door; it was safe then. They were 45¢ a box. Mother, our leader, said one of the best things that ever happened to her was when cookies went up to 50¢. She said she could teach […]